I predict Obama will be remembered for his dignity and his intelligence. (Reply #30)

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Fri Sep 12, 2014, 12:54 AM

Voice for Peace (13,141 posts)

30. I predict Obama will be remembered for his dignity and his intelligence.

Among other things. How well loved he was, around
the world. How he steered a gigantic ship away from
certain self destruction, after them who shall not be named
left office. They didn't even clean up after themselves.
This seems to be a common Republican quirk.
The party of personal responsibility never learned
to clean up after themselves.

Down the history road Obama will be likened to Lincoln and
Kennedy, and other great figures in world history. His
speeches will be studied and many of his words will
be memorized, thought about, discussed. Hope will
continue to resonate.

For those who choose to complain and be disappointed,
it's understandable but a shame. This is a beautiful and
amazing time to be alive. We have an exceptional chance
to make it good.

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Here we go again... Michael Moore speaks the truth and Liberals turn on one of their own. [View all]	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	OP
Agreed. His signature acheivement was passing a republican health care scam.	grahamhgreen	Sep 2014	#1
They are blood thirsty grahamgreen	Puzzledtraveller	Sep 2014	#3
that "scam" got my teeth badly needed work, new glasses and xrays for my broken toe this spring.	KittyWampus	Sep 2014	#26
Better than nothing, for sure. Not as good as Medicare for all. Did you get the	grahamhgreen	Sep 2014	#32
The scam that saved my fucking right eye. nt	msanthrope	Sep 2014	#186
gosh that scam saved me last winter when I got pneumonia.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#27
Did you get Medicare?	grahamhgreen	Sep 2014	#39
I have whatever is given to the indigent.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#45
Yes,the expanded Medicare is one of the best parts of the plan. The alternative to Obamacare is	grahamhgreen	Sep 2014	#51
I was mostly Canadian for about ten years and lived with their healthcare.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#54
The way it will be... One day:)	grahamhgreen	Sep 2014	#56
:) All-in in favor of that, and it seems inevitable.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#58
The ACA was a milestone because it stated the government had a responsibility to it's citizens....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#66
I thought they hated it because Obama.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#70
They still claim it's a "government takeover"....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#73
I personally believe that the bad guys' days are numbered. Granted it may be a big number	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#118
America promoting Capitalism is a Cold War remnant about to die.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#123
LOL	BlindTiresias	Sep 2014	#176
Easy. Travel outside of the United States.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#183
Medicaid, not Medicare	Revanchist	Sep 2014	#61
care for the eldery, aid for the poor... dang! i know that!	grahamhgreen	Sep 2014	#68
I am the poor....	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#71
Lovely post. n/t	Laelth	Sep 2014	#83
Medicaid was expanded, medicare wasn't	Progressive dog	Sep 2014	#124
Medicaid, that poster has Medicaid. Medicare only for contributors 65 and older or disabled after	Todays_Illusion	Sep 2014	#149
that is medicaid	sabbat hunter	Sep 2014	#154
+1	area51	Sep 2014	#72
This is a right wing meme perpetuated by the right.	joshcryer	Sep 2014	#75
Not a scam	treestar	Sep 2014	#160
Obama will be rembered for the ACA. At the least.	tridim	Sep 2014	#2
Really. If ACA is remembered 100 years from now that that means the U.S. never had a leader come up	Luminous Animal	Sep 2014	#4
He regulated the health insurance industry. It's an amazing accomplishment.	tridim	Sep 2014	#15
Glass-Steagall. Repealed by a Democratic President.	Luminous Animal	Sep 2014	#20
It's a BFD and some just can't handle it.	Cha	Sep 2014	#22
He rescued the insurance industry and latched it onto government.	Marr	Sep 2014	#29
The ACA preserves it, temporarily.	joshcryer	Sep 2014	#77
IMO, no, the ACA is like Social Security, but for health care.	joshcryer	Sep 2014	#76
And yet Roosevelt is remembered for the Social Security Act of 1935.	OilemFirchen	Sep 2014	#100
The Ableist attacks on our first disabled President are sickening	Capt. Obvious	Sep 2014	#113
I heard a Right Wing Talker on the radio claim the ACA was the Republican answer to "Obamacare".	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#16
That's what the President said awhile ago.. When it's successful they won't be calling it	Cha	Sep 2014	#19
They'll be calling it RepublicCare	rpannier	Sep 2014	#60
The left also makes that statement.	joshcryer	Sep 2014	#78
I get the feeling Dems are testing the waters to prove the Republicans are crazy.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#107
No. The rethugs had NO plan, still don't. Now they want to	babylonsister	Sep 2014	#80
Yup. They claim it's their plan from the Heritage Foundation....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#104
Haha, the ODS is rampant.. spewing off their keyboards.. I love it! President Obama will	Cha	Sep 2014	#17
The Right on the radio claims "Obamacare" is free healthcare for blacks paid for by whites.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#36
That toxic garbage Will harm you ears, Spitfire~	Cha	Sep 2014	#40
It's good to know what we're up against.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#64
The ACA is the biggest thing since Medicare or Civil Rights.	joshcryer	Sep 2014	#79
and bin laden	treestar	Sep 2014	#162
He has entrenched and expanded the corporate, MIC, and surveillance/security state agenda	woo me with science	Sep 2014	#5
Yes, Obama is Hitler	emulatorloo	Sep 2014	#102
+1000	Phlem	Sep 2014	#145
So you believe Michael Moore's racist rant was truth????	MohRokTah	Sep 2014	#6
It wasn't racist....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#10
Desperation is calling Michael Moore a racist because you don't like his message. nm	rhett o rick	Sep 2014	#28
Ah, somebody that doesn't understand what racist means.	Dawgs	Sep 2014	#94
Ah, another white guy who claims	Bobbie Jo	Sep 2014	#114
Or maybe just another white guy who is justified in challenging	Damansarajaya	Sep 2014	#134
Racist??? Not hardly. Maybe you should try another angle of attack, that one won't fly. nt	NorthCarolina	Sep 2014	#143
Yes, the entirety of Moore's career has shown he is a racist.	Hissyspit	Sep 2014	#151
Nothing racist about it.	840high	Sep 2014	#153
MM hasn't been 'one of our own' for quite some time. n/t	X_Digger	Sep 2014	#7
Right. The President's never ending problems with "Optics"...	Anansi1171	Sep 2014	#8
"it was not a constructive criticism at all."	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#12
Americans remember Washington for being the nation's first president	brentspeak	Sep 2014	#9
Look how DC remembered Ford as a "healer" while the nation dumped him for pardoning Nixon.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#13
And JFK	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2014	#161
I didn't join that thread. Moore spoke the truth but it seems a little unfair.	Warpy	Sep 2014	#11
I like the way you mentioned "conservatives from both parties"....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#14
"Obama was stymied by conservatives from both parties in Congress, "	rhett o rick	Sep 2014	#31
Very good list. Add Arne Duncan. He's FAR RIGHT in his approach to what he's done to education. nt	stillwaiting	Sep 2014	#96
Duncan has arguably done far more damage to public education	QC	Sep 2014	#98
Nah. He'll be remembered for...	JaneyVee	Sep 2014	#18
Thanks JaneyVee.. and DADT & DOMA.. Cleaning up bush-cheney's fucking mess..	Cha	Sep 2014	#21
Yup. His legacy is going to be historic.	JaneyVee	Sep 2014	#24
Right, and it drives the haters CRAZY!!	Cha	Sep 2014	#25
Which is why when people here are reminded that Moore supported Nader in 2000 . . .	Major Hogwash	Sep 2014	#41
Aw.. isn't that special.. nader the ratfucker of 2000. TweedleDum and TweedleDee.	Cha	Sep 2014	#50
Yes, thank you JaneyVee	RFKHumphreyObama	Sep 2014	#67
I just hope and pray that he is not remembered as a War President. nt	Zorra	Sep 2014	#23
The Obama Administration has been just as bloodthirsty as any other.	Maedhros	Sep 2014	#115
I predict Obama will be remembered for his dignity and his intelligence.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#30
Wow.	ucrdem	Sep 2014	#34
Very Good, Voice for Peace~ Mahalo~	Cha	Sep 2014	#43
Robin Williams said Obama winning got America officially out of rehab.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#46
He's still cracking me up, from orbit.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#55
Amazing answer but you left ONE thing out	Nightjock	Sep 2014	#53
I envision them being remembered as small, dark, unhealthy things, with dollar signs in their eyes	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#57
What's great is to see an entire generation grow up watching Republicans become the party of evil.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#69
It's true. In 20 years there will only be about 5 republicans left, and they'll be in hiding.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#170
+1!	DCBob	Sep 2014	#81
And his amazing abs and chest	Capt. Obvious	Sep 2014	#92
and his skill at basketball, and that he was human, and heartfelt.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#120
I'd be better than Bush	Capt. Obvious	Sep 2014	#122
Fail	treestar	Sep 2014	#166
absolutely	drray23	Sep 2014	#101
thank you!	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#121
You forgot the sarcasm tag. [n/t]	Maedhros	Sep 2014	#116
You forgot the cynicism & disappointment tag.	Voice for Peace	Sep 2014	#119
Those are some good points too	treestar	Sep 2014	#165
Obama has been real conciliatory toward the GOP, to a fault. From Day ONE.	blkmusclmachine	Sep 2014	#33
Yeah, because that worked so well for Clinton.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#44
Well, it probably did work out well for Clinton	Mnpaul	Sep 2014	#159
it would have been different had he not coveted their approval	Skittles	Sep 2014	#65
Most of the people flipping out are centrists, at best.	LeftyMom	Sep 2014	#35
Bingo.	QC	Sep 2014	#84
"Centrists"??	Puglover	Sep 2014	#97
Far, far too kind.	QC	Sep 2014	#106
Yep	Puglover	Sep 2014	#129
Noam Chomsky is a water carrier for the MIC.	QC	Sep 2014	#131
Voldemort?	Puglover	Sep 2014	#132
The One Who Must Never Be Criticized. n/t	QC	Sep 2014	#135
Damn! Et tu, Noam and Howard?	markpkessinger	Sep 2014	#146
One cannot be too careful these days!	QC	Sep 2014	#150
Jeeze ...they must have smoked some bad crack.	L0oniX	Sep 2014	#174
That person was until recently an LBN host. n/t	QC	Sep 2014	#182
Yep-- you said it. /nt	Marr	Sep 2014	#140
The country is full of centrists	treestar	Sep 2014	#167
Liberals are not throwing Moore under the bus	obxhead	Sep 2014	#37
oh boy another anti-Obama thread how he hasn't done anything. Gosh, DU is becoming such a crock	still_one	Sep 2014	#38
At least you didn't accuse me of trolling for people who can't,.....oh. Sorry.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#42
Oh but they get to call us "centrists" and better yet "center right" .. because .. wait for it..	Cha	Sep 2014	#48
No. It's Democratic Underground, not Obama Underground.	Jakes Progress	Sep 2014	#49
You forgot somethin' . . . President Obama IS the leader of the Democratic party.	Major Hogwash	Sep 2014	#52
Last time I checked . . .	markpkessinger	Sep 2014	#147
You don't know something….a party and a principle are not the same thing.	Jakes Progress	Sep 2014	#180
The fringe left has officially gone off the deep end...	SidDithers	Sep 2014	#117
You mean they can only tell you what they hate?	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#144
The mindless center has officially swallowed the kool-aid.	Jakes Progress	Sep 2014	#181
Not liberals. Idolitrists and acolytes.	Jakes Progress	Sep 2014	#47
I was surprised when I saw folks on DU calling him a racist.	C Moon	Sep 2014	#59
Agree - ACA is an incredible accomplishment	TBF	Sep 2014	#88
It's true...	ificandream	Sep 2014	#62
If Bush had killed Bin Laden...	montex	Sep 2014	#63
Yes, the Democrats remind me of these guys	deutsey	Sep 2014	#91
Obama hasn't received credit from the apolitical left.	joshcryer	Sep 2014	#74
LOL. You are one of DU's silliest. Keep making us laugh! nt	Romulox	Sep 2014	#86
That's like saying every thread about saving puppies kills a puppy.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#108
liberals didn't turn on anyone	Doctor_J	Sep 2014	#82
+1	QC	Sep 2014	#87
+1, yep. Same old shit from the same old crew.	Marr	Sep 2014	#141
^^^this^^^	L0oniX	Sep 2014	#175
LOL at the people who think mandatory, for-profit insurance will be remembered fondly in 100 years.	Romulox	Sep 2014	#85
Republican idiots I know IRL tell me the same thing.	tridim	Sep 2014	#89
He SAVED [email protected]!11!1!!!	Romulox	Sep 2014	#93
No, they say things like, "I fucking hate Obamacare", as they are processing claims.	tridim	Sep 2014	#99
yeah that one made me LOL! nt	m-lekktor	Sep 2014	#105
Did you see this?	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#109
Yep	BlindTiresias	Sep 2014	#177
The idea that there is never a justification for war, ever, is a denial of reality.	baldguy	Sep 2014	#90
"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." nt	Romulox	Sep 2014	#95
That's exactly what anti-Obama "liberals" say about the Democratic Party, isn't it?	baldguy	Sep 2014	#136
And the suggestion that more bombs will "repair the damage we've done" . . .	markpkessinger	Sep 2014	#148
Utter bullshit.	OilemFirchen	Sep 2014	#103
So, are you jumping on the "Michael Moore is a racist" bandwagon?	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#110
Did I say he was a racist?	OilemFirchen	Sep 2014	#111
Only if they need someone on the porcelain tuba.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#112
"He fucked up huge".. and he's got his little pretzel brigade out covering his tracks, poorly.	Cha	Sep 2014	#158
That's one way to spin it, I suppose.	KamaAina	Sep 2014	#125
So we should face the fact that if	Progressive dog	Sep 2014	#126
I have to keep reminding friends the "Change" was from this....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#138
But RACISM or something!!1	arcane1	Sep 2014	#127
How about not telling black folks what is or isn't racist	rbrnmw	Sep 2014	#128
Taken like that? Yes it is. But that's not the way he said it.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#137
Moore is right. Obama ran as a transformational president.	Damansarajaya	Sep 2014	#130
Moore is dead wrong. and so are you. but don't let the facts get in your way.	Cha	Sep 2014	#157
Thanks for the fact-free rebuttal. nt	Damansarajaya	Sep 2014	#192
What's a transformational President?	treestar	Sep 2014	#168
Transformational in the sense that the president changes society.	Damansarajaya	Sep 2014	#191
How can the President change society?	treestar	Sep 2014	#193
Reagan certainly changed society. FDR did more so. nt	Damansarajaya	Sep 2014	#195
How?	treestar	Sep 2014	#196
Saying that you need a chicken to get an egg,	Damansarajaya	Sep 2014	#198
Those turning on Moore are, frankly, just hypocrites	Marrah_G	Sep 2014	#133
...^ that	840high	Sep 2014	#155
Oh and don't forget that Obama is really Kenyan born so he's illegitimately president	Dont call me Shirley	Sep 2014	#139
I like obama too.	redruddyred	Sep 2014	#142
'Truth' is a slippery word.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Sep 2014	#152
The truth I mentioned is the way Obama hasn't received the credit he deserves.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#172
Lol, yer gonna need some Tuck's medicated pads	Jamastiene	Sep 2014	#156
I don't know about the pads	Mnpaul	Sep 2014	#163
I can feel the luv all right.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#171
What he said was Obama would be forgotten to an extent like say	treestar	Sep 2014	#164
Why do you think the Republicans are blocking everything?	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#173
They are fanatical morons	treestar	Sep 2014	#184
That's the way a lot of people WANT to take it.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#185
No, he was saying that Obama hasn't gotten credit for anything else.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#187
I'm biracial and I agree. K & R. Nt	riderinthestorm	Sep 2014	#169
It seems you wouldn't know a fact if it hit you in the face	frazzled	Sep 2014	#178
MM also appears to think Obama is mayor of Detroit.	ucrdem	Sep 2014	#179
What will be funny is how many in a certain group will vanish when Obama is gone.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#189
One can only hope. n/t	QC	Sep 2014	#197
Did he say anything like that about President Clinton?	treestar	Sep 2014	#188
He said Clinton and Dole had exactly the same positions. Which they did.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2014	#190
He said that Bill Clinton was the best Republican president	QC	Sep 2014	#194

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